The Lewiston Sun Journal reported on a University of Maine Cooperative Extension class on growing community and school gardens. UMaine Extension educator Barbara Murphy led the class, and told participants warm Maine winters the past few years are wreaking havoc on gardens because many insects, such as the potato beetle, don’t die in the numbers […]
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Janet Fairman, an associate research professor at UMaine’s Center for Research and Education and the Maine Education Policy Research Institute, was interviewed for a Kennebec Journal report on proficiency-based education, a new model for education that may become mandatory for all Maine public schools. Fairman said the new model could put Maine on the path […]
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Several University of Maine Cooperative Extension educators and scientists were featured in news reports this week about early gardening tips and precautions as the unseasonably warm weather accelerates garden plans for many people. Channel 2 (WLBZ) interviewed water quality and soil specialist John Jemison about early vegetables. Channel 6 (WCSH) in Portland also ran the […]
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Portland TV station WCSH has a report on this weekend’s Canadian-U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meeting, a two-day event that will be held this year in Portland and is sponsored by UMaine’s Lobster Institute. Bob Bayer, the institute’s director, said participants will be discussing issues such as marine debris, aquaculture, lobster bait and the potential impacts of […]
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Gordon Hamilton, an associate professor in UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, was quoted in a Boston Herald story about the possible reasons behind the region’s unseasonably warm weather. Hamilton said although climatic phenomenon are partly to blame for the current jet stream trajectory and warm air flow, the bigger cause of the current weather pattern is […]
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An NBC genealogical reality show, “Who Do You Think You Are?” airing Friday, March 23 at 8 p.m., will feature an interview with acclaimed actress Helen Hunt by University of Maine alumna Shannon Risk. Now an assistant professor of history at the University of Niagara in New York, Risk, who received a master’s in American […]
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The University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole will offer a Natural Science Illustration Workshop July 16-20. The workshop is open to anyone who wants to illustrate a natural history journal with sketches or watercolor, hone observational skills and artistic talents to create scientifically accurate drawings, or bring art and science into the classroom.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulturist Kate Garland was featured in a Channel 7 (WVII) report on the unusually warm weather Maine has been experiencing and offered tips and precautions on early gardening and pruning activities. Contact: George Manlove: (207) 581-3756
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Rochester, N.Y. television Channel 10 (WHEC) recently profiled University of Maine mathematician and professor of computer science Jonathan Farley for Black History Month. The video clip can be viewed through an Internet Explorer browser. Farley grew up in Brockport, N.Y., a suburb of Rochester. He has a Hollywood math and science film consulting business and […]
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Will O’Neill, a UMaine fourth-year men’s hockey player, was profiled in the Boston Globe. O’Neill said the experience of playing at Alfond Arena resonated with him from his first game as a freshman, and that coach Tim Whitehead is “head-over-heels” committed to Maine hockey. In another story, columnist Bob Ryan toured New England’s Division I […]
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